Week 1 Course Introduction

What sort of damage do you think could be done to a business who had insecure databases? Can you think of any examples where this has happened?

If a business had an insecure database various kinds of damage could be done by hackers to their businesses database. Hackers could steal various kinds of information from databases, depending the information stored on the databases businesses are very open to all kinds of hackers. Hacking businesses databases may lead to all sorts of problems for businesses whether they involve the leaking of information, stealing ideas or problems with legal issues such as privacy being breached. These hackers are a major problem for all businesses in today's business environment as more and more businesses are expanding operations onto the internet without a sufficient knowledge of what they are doing and the risks that they may be open to. Database hacking shows the need for the knowledge of corporate information security in today's business environment.